The job descriptions can be viewed via https://www.mphpl.org/employment/.
If you’re qualified and interested in either role, please email a cover letter and your resume to d.wargo@mphpl.org.
Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Service Managers & Staff
When: February 13-14, 2025
Where: Zoom, Virtual Conference
Register today: go.wisc.edu/w2uvnu
Join youth services managers and staff for two days of virtual learning. Sessions will focus on leveling up your leadership skills, best practices for serving your community, and how to best support your team. Each concurrent session will be presented live, and recordings will be available to registered attendees for 3-months.
Keynote Speaker – Kyle Lukoff
Kyle Lukoff is the author of many books for young readers. His debut middle-grade novel, Too Bright To See, received a Newbery honor, the Stonewall award, and was a National Book Award finalist. His picture book When Aidan Became A Brother also won the Stonewall, and his book Call Me Max has been banned in schools across the country. He is the recipient of the 2025 Children’s Literature Lecture award, and has forthcoming books for all ages on a variety of topics. While becoming a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years, and then nine more years as a school librarian.
In addition to Kyle’s keynote, Power Up 2025, will offer a diverse array of sessions including:
- Leading Staff Through Change to Elevate Youth Services
- The Right to Inclusion: How Libraries can Extend Privilege’s to the Underserved
- Belonging at Work: An Inspiring Environment for Neurodivergent Employees
- Crafting Communication: Tools for Effective Youth Services Management
- And more!
Key links:
- Visit theconference website
- View the full Power Up schedule
A Two-Part Conversation on Morale in Contemporary Library Workplaces (virtual, no cost)
Sharing on behalf of Dominican University. This conversation series may be of interest to those working in/planning to work in academic or public libraries, and students from historically marginalized racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Register now for a two-part webinar series with 2024-2025 Follett Chair Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, who will explore low-morale experiences in academic and public libraries. Learn about her research into the causes and impacts of low-morale experiences and how these challenges are particularly acute for library workers from historically marginalized racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Series Highlights: – Understanding low-morale development in academic libraries – Impacts on marginalized identities in the workplace – Ongoing research and future explorations – Reimagining inclusive, humane library workplaces – Space for community discussion and innovation
The Low-Morale Experience in Academic & Public Libraries: Development, Influences, and Impacts
📅 October 2, 2024 ⏰ 1:00 p.m. CST
The Low-Morale Experience: Differentiation and Continuing Research
📅 October 21, 2024 ⏰ 1:00 p.m. CST
The webinars are open to all, so please share this invitation. The sessions will not be recorded.
For information contact sois@dom.edu.
Survey Request: Gender and Race in Librarianship
A survey of library professionals who have or are in the process of completing their Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program. This study focuses on the role of race and gender expression and how it intersects with our educational expectations as a profession.
If you are interested in participating, click the link below.